Australia's Test captain Pat Cummins completes a brief return to bowling as he steps up his bid to play in the Ashes series against England.
Pat Cummins has taken his biggest step so far towards a return to cricket, bowling off a short run-up at Cricket NSW headquarters. Australia n captain Pat Cummins has started the next phase of his return to cricket, with a brief bowling session in Sydney.
Cummins, who is recovering from ongoing back issues, bowled off a five-step run-up at Cricket NSW headquarters.Cummins's goal is to prove his fitness in time to play in the second Ashes Test at the Gabba in early December.Share articleAustralia's Test captain bowled off a five-step run-up in a brief net session in Sydney on Wednesday. The skipper has been ruled of out of the first Test against England starting on November 21 in Perth. But Cummins, who has said he would need four to six weeks of bowling before returning to match action, hopes to return in the middle sector of the five-Test series.Cummins bowled off a short run-up at Cricket NSW's Silverwater headquarters on Wednesday, watched by renowned physio Patrick Farhart and the Blues' strength and conditioning coach, Dean McNamara. His bowling return came two days after Australia coach Andrew McDonald expressed hope the inspirational captain could prove his fitness for the second Test. "We flagged this a week or so ago, that it would take sort of four-plus weeks to get him up and running," McDonald told reporters on Monday.Pat Cummins is officially ruled out of the first Ashes Test against England, with Steve Smith named to step in as skipper in Perth. "We've run out of time unfortunately, but really optimistic and hopeful for the second Test match." not really going to be able to answer that, other than to say that he'll be back bowling this week, and that's a huge step."So we're on the journey to that second Test and very hopeful that that will be a positive outcome."Stream End Game with Tony Armstrong on ABC iview Tony Armstrong will tackle Australia's overdue reckoning with racism in sport, with the help of some of its biggest sports stars. The 32-year-old reported back soreness after returning to Australia and was diagnosed with a lumbar stress injury in September."We will see how he pulls up and then we'll make decisions moving forward," he said. "With the nature of this injury, it's never going to be a clear time frame … I would never put the medical team under that sort of duress either."Sports content to make you think... or allow you not to. A newsletter delivered each Saturday.
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